Rick Pitino: podcast appearances and interviews

Richard Andrew Pitino is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University. He has guided multiple teams in NCAA Division I and in the NBA, including Boston University, Providence College, the New York Knicks, the University of Kentucky, the Boston Celtics, the University of Louisville, Panathinaikos in Greece, and Iona University. Additionally, he has served as head coach of Greece's senior national team. Pitino led Kentucky to an NCAA championship in 1996 and was part of the Louisville team that won the national championship in 2013, an achievement for which he was subsequently inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. His career has included a variety of coaching roles at both the college and professional levels, and he has experienced both significant successes and disciplinary challenges. In June 2017, he received a five-game suspension from the NCAA related to oversight issues during an escort sex scandal involving recruits at Louisville, a program from which the 2013 championship was later vacated. That year, he was also implicated in a federal investigation related to bribes to recruits, leading to his termination from Louisville for cause. Following a brief period as a broadcaster, he returned to coaching and was eventually exonerated of the bribery allegations. On March 20, 2023, Pitino was appointed head coach at St. John's University. Under his leadership, the program achieved back-to-back Big East regular season and tournament championships in 2025 and 2026.